Senior Test Analyst Contracts in England

Senior Test Analyst
UK > England

The median Senior Test Analyst daily rate in England is £428, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 457 512 676
Rank change year-on-year +55 +164 +21
Contract jobs requiring a Senior Test Analyst 57 77 88
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.19% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.20% 0.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 60 78
10th Percentile £363 £325 £356
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £428 £535 £469
Median % change year-on-year -20.09% +14.13% -6.25%
75th Percentile £513 £588 £525
90th Percentile £588 £630 -
UK median daily rate £425 £500 £473
% change year-on-year -15.00% +5.82% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £57.50 - -
Median hourly rate £60.00 - -
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £60.00 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 28,953 37,638 64,520
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.94% 93.75% 95.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,687 26,172 45,824
10th Percentile £300 £300 £313
25th Percentile £413 £418 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £650
90th Percentile £750 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,111 1,422 1,621
10th Percentile £15.10 £15.25 £13.25
25th Percentile £21.15 £19.25 £16.69
Median hourly rate £41.50 £45.94 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.66% +53.13% +50.00%
75th Percentile £66.61 £65.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.50 £73.75
UK median hourly rate £38.00 £45.00 £27.73
% change year-on-year -15.56% +62.28% +38.65%

Senior Test Analyst
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Senior Test Analyst in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Test Analyst in England

Senior Test Analyst
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Senior Test Analyst in England.

Daily rate trend for Senior Test Analyst in England

Senior Test Analyst
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior Test Analyst in England over the 6 months to 31 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Senior Test Analyst in England

Senior Test Analyst
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Senior Test Analyst in England.

Hourly rate trend for Senior Test Analyst in England

Senior Test Analyst
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Test Analyst within the England region over the 6 months to 31 October 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +42 42 £425 -21.66% 1
South East +33 9 £500 -15.25% 1
West Midlands - 1 £575 -
Midlands - 1 £575 -
Senior Test Analyst
UK

Senior Test Analyst Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 October 2024, Senior Test Analyst contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Senior Test Analyst in the job title.

1 37 (64.91%) Test Automation
2 36 (63.16%) Agile
3 28 (49.12%) Software Testing
3 28 (49.12%) Back Office
3 28 (49.12%) Continuous Integration
4 26 (45.61%) Postman
5 25 (43.86%) Social Skills
6 22 (38.60%) Microsoft
7 20 (35.09%) Mobile App
8 17 (29.82%) Kotlin
9 16 (28.07%) Functional Testing
9 16 (28.07%) Android
10 15 (26.32%) Azure
10 15 (26.32%) DevOps
11 14 (24.56%) API Testing
11 14 (24.56%) Selenium
12 12 (21.05%) Non-Functional Testing
12 12 (21.05%) Product Ownership
13 11 (19.30%) Public Sector
13 11 (19.30%) Performance Testing
13 11 (19.30%) Visual Studio
14 10 (17.54%) C#
14 10 (17.54%) Azure DevOps
15 9 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
15 9 (15.79%) Manual Testing
15 9 (15.79%) Test Strategy
15 9 (15.79%) QA
15 9 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
16 8 (14.04%) Acceptance Criteria
16 8 (14.04%) IBM

Senior Test Analyst Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (1.75%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.75%) Aladdin
Cloud Services
1 15 (26.32%) Azure
2 10 (17.54%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (5.26%) Power Platform
3 3 (5.26%) PowerApps
4 2 (3.51%) AWS
4 2 (3.51%) SaaS
5 1 (1.75%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (1.75%) Azure Monitor
5 1 (1.75%) Azure Pipelines
5 1 (1.75%) Azure Service Bus
5 1 (1.75%) GitHub
5 1 (1.75%) Sentry
5 1 (1.75%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.75%) Firewall
1 1 (1.75%) PuTTY
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.75%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 26 (45.61%) Postman
2 14 (24.56%) Selenium
3 11 (19.30%) Visual Studio
4 8 (14.04%) Appium
4 8 (14.04%) LoadRunner
4 8 (14.04%) Rational Performance Tester
4 8 (14.04%) WebDriver
5 5 (8.77%) SpecFlow
6 3 (5.26%) JIRA
6 3 (5.26%) JMeter
7 2 (3.51%) Cucumber
7 2 (3.51%) Maven
7 2 (3.51%) TestRail
8 1 (1.75%) CircleCI
8 1 (1.75%) Cypress.io
8 1 (1.75%) Jenkins
8 1 (1.75%) SoapUI
General
1 28 (49.12%) Back Office
2 25 (43.86%) Social Skills
3 11 (19.30%) Public Sector
4 8 (14.04%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (12.28%) Finance
6 4 (7.02%) Banking
7 1 (1.75%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.75%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.75%) Investment Banking
7 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.26%) .NET
2 2 (3.51%) Gherkin
2 2 (3.51%) Playwright
3 1 (1.75%) .NET Core
3 1 (1.75%) ADO
3 1 (1.75%) PySpark
3 1 (1.75%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 20 (35.09%) Mobile App
2 12 (21.05%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.51%) Derivative
3 2 (3.51%) Equities
3 2 (3.51%) Fixed Income
4 1 (1.75%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (28.07%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (64.91%) Test Automation
2 36 (63.16%) Agile
3 28 (49.12%) Continuous Integration
3 28 (49.12%) Software Testing
4 16 (28.07%) Functional Testing
5 15 (26.32%) DevOps
6 14 (24.56%) API Testing
7 12 (21.05%) Non-Functional Testing
8 11 (19.30%) Performance Testing
9 9 (15.79%) Manual Testing
9 9 (15.79%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (15.79%) Test Strategy
9 9 (15.79%) User Acceptance Testing
10 8 (14.04%) Acceptance Criteria
10 8 (14.04%) SDLC
10 8 (14.04%) Software Architecture
11 7 (12.28%) Defect Tracking
11 7 (12.28%) Test Management
12 6 (10.53%) System Integration Testing
13 5 (8.77%) Scenario Testing
Programming Languages
1 17 (29.82%) Kotlin
2 10 (17.54%) C#
3 4 (7.02%) Java
4 3 (5.26%) Python
5 2 (3.51%) C
5 2 (3.51%) JavaScript
5 2 (3.51%) SQL
6 1 (1.75%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.75%) VB
6 1 (1.75%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 8 (14.04%) Security Cleared
2 5 (8.77%) Degree
3 4 (7.02%) SC Cleared
4 2 (3.51%) DV Cleared
4 2 (3.51%) ISTQB
4 2 (3.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) QA
2 1 (1.75%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.75%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.75%) WCAG
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 22 (38.60%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.04%) HP
2 8 (14.04%) IBM
3 3 (5.26%) SAP
4 2 (3.51%) Ariba
5 1 (1.75%) Charles River
5 1 (1.75%) Databricks
5 1 (1.75%) Micro Focus
5 1 (1.75%) Oracle
5 1 (1.75%) VMware